Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 127
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Episode 127 Oceanis (3)
Kleddo, Irvindo.
I’ve never ‘faced’ a Gem Wizard directly before.
It was obvious. If we had fought, I wouldn’t be alive today.
But I have ‘experienced’ it indirectly.
Even though jewel wizards are rare, they weren’t so rare that I hadn’t encountered one in sixty or seventy years of living, as they came from a prestigious family with good connections.
“… … !”
That’s why I could tell. Even though I didn’t want to, I had no choice but to force myself to notice.
The feeling of awe when you first see the sea after being born. The feeling of awe when you see the endless horizon no matter how far you go. The helplessness when you realize that humans are insignificant in the face of storms and tidal waves.
That terrifying yet beautiful experience, where all my pride as a golden wizard was shattered in a single blow.
It was playing out again in a completely unexpected situation.
“Revised… World… … !”
“What… is this…!”
Kled chanted in a half-sane voice. Irvin bit his lip so hard that it bled.
And the brothers were astonished to see each other’s reactions and realize once again that this sensation was not an illusion but reality.
“Fortunately, you know what it is.”
Galen said with a calm expression, sipping his car.
“But since they are elders of the family I once belonged to, I felt a little reluctant to open their eyes by force.”
I wanted to argue that this wasn’t about pressing down with force, but it wasn’t entirely wrong.
The Reformed World itself doesn’t have the power to kill. It’s scary when you use magic within the Reformed World. Galen hasn’t used any magic yet.
Of course, just being located within the opponent’s revised world was painful because of the oppressive feeling that weighed down my soul as a wizard.
In fact, Elisha, who was sitting next to Galen, was also shaking slightly.
I was trying hard to maintain a calm expression because I knew about it in advance, but the fear of being prey in front of a predator is an instinctive thing that cannot be controlled even if you are on the same side as a wizard.
Galen glanced at Elisa with pitiful eyes and took over the world of revision.
The immense presence that had been in the distance was sucked back towards Galen.
Elisha’s complexion relaxed, and the two old men sighed in relief.
However, the shocking experience from just a little while ago could not be forgotten right away.
Irbin forced his mouth open, which was reluctant to open.
“A jewel… was it?”
Even with his blunt personality, he didn’t have the courage to speak informally to everyone in this situation. Galen shrugged his shoulders slightly.
“As you can see.”
“How on earth… how… … .”
“If you work hard, it will work out.”
Galen spoke honestly, but to others it might have sounded insincere.
But neither Kled nor Irvin pointed that out.
Because no matter what reason you give, it doesn’t make sense in the first place.
The reason why the three Rio siblings had a hard time believing Galen’s exploits even after hearing them was because of Galen’s age.
It is praised as a talent of all time to ‘become’ golden in your twenties, so would you believe that he showed a level of performance that is almost possible only for golden people who have reached the peak?
Let alone jewels.
Even if you double Galen’s age, he’ll still be called an overly young gem.
Even with the easiest and fastest way to level up, making a contract with a demon was impossible. If it had such an absurd effect, there would have been more than a few people who sold their souls without thinking about the consequences, and jewels and gold would have been scattered everywhere.
If I hadn’t heard that he was always hanging out with the bishop I saw in the yard earlier, I might have seriously imagined that he was the devil himself, disguised as a human.
“If you do that, why?”
Clad asked in a heavy voice.
“What are you talking about?”
“If you are a jewel, why do you do things in such a roundabout way?”
“Then, instead of going around like Duke Cled wants, should we just rush straight to the main house and hang the three Rios siblings?”
“Oh, no. That’s not what I meant… … .”
“Well, that’s what will happen in the end anyway.”
Galen continued with a light laugh.
“I don’t want my actions to be seen as a mere commotion. I took it slow to show that I had a good cause.”
“… You said it was a good cause?”
“If I had revealed from the beginning that I was a jewel, do you think Rios would have confessed his crimes like he did now?”
For a moment, a chill ran down Clad’s spine.
Even if it is a book of the last moon with a guaranteed ‘source’ in the name of both the church and the Draup family, if they insist that its ‘contents’ are fabricated and false, then there is nothing to say.
Nevertheless, Rios admitted to Cled that the contents of the booklet were true.
Since he was sure that the elders would not abandon him and take Elisha’s side anyway, he did not bother to make any lame excuses.
It’s something I would never have done if I had known Galen was a jewel.
By unconditionally denying the booklet, and branding Elisa as a ‘traitor who is blinded by power and joins hands with outsiders to overthrow the family’ and Galen as a ‘lawbreaker who meddles in other people’s family affairs and runs wild’, Lius, without knowing anything, kicked away the slightest opportunity to rally public opinion and fight back.
“Ha, one… You didn’t go so far as to make that public. You just admitted it to me… … .”
“The two of you already know, and the other elders will soon know. I think that will be enough.”
This was also a statement that hit the nail on the head, so Kled had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
Oceanis is currently in a period of generational change.
The old gold of the parent generation has not yet fully retired, and the young gold of the child generation is emerging one by one.
In short, it was a time when the influence of the old gold and elders was still strong.
In simple terms, this meant that even if Galen cut off Lius’ head, it would be overlooked if only the elders could be persuaded.
It’s just that the ‘persuasion’ wasn’t verbal.
“For your information, the assassin came once more, aside from when Lord Gerbon was attacked.”
“What, what?”
“As soon as I left the family, one of the family’s warriors came that night to kill me. I couldn’t ask who gave the order, but… well, I think I have a rough idea who it was.”
At Galen’s words, Kled’s eyes went dark.
It didn’t matter whether this was true or not.
Either way, it was a declaration that he had no intention of leaving Rios alone.
“What is it that you… really want?”
Irbin asked with a slightly trembling voice.
“It would be enough to just kill the three siblings.”
Galen chuckled.
“Of course, it would be even better if Miss Elisa could be compensated for her hardships.”
“… For example, Elisha becoming the new successor?”
“If the above three disappear, wouldn’t it naturally be your turn? Well, that is if you want to be the successor.”
“This is… interference in internal affairs.”
“If you didn’t like it, you should have taken care of it before it got to this point. Why would you have come to me if you had nowhere else to turn for help?”
Neither Kled nor Irvin said anything to Galen’s complaints.
“And if I hadn’t been a jewel, wouldn’t the two of you have decided ‘with tears in your eyes’ to get rid of the young lady on a ‘great’ level? There’s no way you can get rid of Rios.”
“Absolutely not! I was thinking of persuading Elisa somehow!”
“Oh, I see. Then you must have thought of a way to protect the young lady from the resentful Lius, right?”
Galen’s cynical question once again left the two old men speechless.
It was true that I had tried to persuade Elisa, but I had not prepared anything specific about how to do it.
Because I didn’t understand the situation from the beginning, I planned to first figure out the situation and then try to persuade them step by step.
“Uncle.”
Elisha opened her mouth quietly.
“What you said earlier, that you understand my feelings, are you sincere about it?”
“I’m serious.”
Claude nodded immediately.
“Me too, Irvin too. When I learned that that bastard Lius had committed such a heinous act, I was deeply saddened. One, Elisha… … .”
“If you really mean it, please do so.”
Elisa cut off Claude’s words of regret firmly.
“I won’t ask you to capture Lius. I don’t want to force my uncle to do something unfilial. I won’t ask you to take my side either. I know that I’m undermining the power of the family with my own hands.”
She continued to speak, staring straight at her uncle and stepfather who were speechless.
“Just, please don’t stop me. If you truly understand my feelings, please don’t stop me. I have no intention of backing down.”
“I’ll give you two weeks.”
Galen added blurtly.
“In two weeks, we will set sail for Solta. You can tell Rius that I am a jewel or hide it from him, and you can fight, surrender, or run away. It doesn’t matter to Rius. I don’t think he will choose the latter two.”
If you don’t know or believe that Galen is a jewel, then there is no reason to think about surrendering or running away.
If he believed that Galen was a jewel, there was no guarantee that he would forgive him even if he surrendered, and the option of abandoning everything and running away was a difficult one for a noble family to make.
There was a high probability that they would fight one way or another. Since it was a water battle with more variables than a land battle, there was a chance of winning against a jewel. In theory.
“Perhaps it would be more comfortable for the elders to sink us into the sea then. Do as you wish. We will do as we wish.”
A different kind of stuffiness than before squeezed Cled and Irvin’s chests.
The two old men, unable to answer, retreated from the annex and immediately boarded a boat, fleeing Quinis.
* * *
A fortnight passed.
The time is mid-early winter.
The seas in the south were not rough even in winter, and it was a good time for sailing because you could avoid the autumn typhoons.
On the appointed day, Galen and his party boarded a sleek ship. It was a warship belonging to Quinis.
“I hope things work out well for you, miss.”
The mayor of Quinis, Roxana, saw them off.
The assassination was not something that could be revealed openly yet, so she spoke of it indirectly, but Roxana was surprised at the thought that she might have to fight the family, but she gave in.
“All of the sailors are very loyal, so even if something happens, there won’t be much unrest.”
“Thank you, Sir Roxana. If you’re pressed, just say I forced you to give it to me.”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
“But don’t worry too much, that won’t happen very often.”
Roxana understood that the chances of fighting were slim, but Elisa meant that she would not give up.
Anyway, the ship headed south.
Standing proudly with the flag symbolizing House Oceanis.
The center of the Sun Islands, Solta and Quinis, are three days’ sail away if nothing special comes up.
Nothing much happened for two days.
Even during normal times, there were only a few distant encounters with ships belonging to Oceanis patrolling the seas.
Since he was going out with the flag openly raised, his family must have been notified without fail.
And so the third morning dawned.
As time approaches noon.
“They’re coming.”
Terti, who had been by Elisa’s side on the deck for three days, spoke softly.
As it is a crowded route, I have seen so many merchant ships over the past few days that I am sick of them.
There was no other case of so many warships forming such an orderly formation than when they were engaged in battle.
“Lower the sails, all crew members below deck.”
Elisha gave the captain an order. The sailors, who did not understand the situation, seemed a little bewildered, but they still listened well.
Even the maid Mary was safely hidden in the cabin, and now only four people were left on deck.
“Mr. Terti, please take good care of the young lady.”
“Don’t worry.”
“Lilia, please try to keep your seat this time.”
“yes!”
“Let’s wait and see how it turns out. He might try to talk to you before the battle.”
Since the fact that the cause was on this side was information known only to the leaders, it could not be ruled out that Lius was trying to use words to do something.
“Well, I don’t think so.”
“Lilia said, watching the large warships approaching closer and closer.
“Is that the atmosphere?”
“What, what was that called? It’s the bow laid on its side.”
“A crossbow?”
“Oh, that’s right. There are quite a lot of people holding it.”
Now that I think about it, there was a weapon like that.
As Galen recalled his old memories, the encirclement slowly closed in around their ships, which had lowered their sails and stood still.
yet.
Shhh shhh shhh shhh shhh!
Hundreds of arrows fired by the strong crossbow rained down on the deck.